International Collaboration Center
About International Collaboration Center
International Collaboration Center was established in April,2015 in order to widely contribute to international exchange of our college. We implement various international activities for our students as well as faculties .
- To promote as well as implement of international exchange and education
- To exchange agreements with universities overseas
- To accept and support researchers from foreign countries
- To promote International exchange programs for students
- To hold International conferences and symposiums
- To promote international exchange activities as well as international programs, and cooperative activities
International exchange and education
For undergraduate students
- Swedish Red Cross University
- La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland
- University of Wasington
- Red Cross International Activities Practice in Switzerland
- International Nursing Practice
For Graduate Students
- International Health Midwifery Practice in Cambodia
- International Disaster Nursing Practice
To exchange agreements with universities
We have concluded agreements with universities as follows:
To accept and support for researchers from foreign countries
We accept Nursing Trainees from Asia- Pacific and Africa regions every year as a part of JICA training for Nursing Management. The total training is organized by THE INTERNATIONAL NURSING FOUNDATION OF JAPAN.
Trainees learn about Disaster Nursing and Maternal Neonatal health as a program of the training, The trainees also interact with our undergraduate as well as graduate students.
To promote International exchange programs for students
Except students exchange with Sweden and Switzerland, some students participate in a students committee of International Collaboration Center.
They plan and prepare welcome or farewell parties for exchange students from Sweden or Switzerland in order to promote opportunities to interact among our students and exchange students.
To hold International conferences and symposiums
We hold international conferences or symposiums every year.
Past contents of them are as follows:
15 March、2022
Today’s Challenges to Humanitarian Action and the Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement Response
by Mr. Régis SAVIOZ, Head of delegation, ICRC Japan
21 March, 2021
How COVID-19 has impacted Nurse Practitioners in the United States
by Dr. Kelly Pretorius, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
19 September, 2019
Caring Science: Caritas Theory Practice by Dr. Jean Watson, Honorable Doctorate of the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing
17 April, 2018
Research and Practice in Emergency and Disaster Nursing in Thailand by Praneed Songwathana (RN, PhD), Assoc Prof. Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University
31 October, 2017
Health Care in Danger -a global initiative of the ICRC By
Mr. Maciej Polkowski, (赤十字国際委員会パキスタン代表部）
6th November,2015:
“Caring Science: Human Caring Theory/10 Caritas Processes in Practice”
by Dr. Jean Watson, Former Professor of University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing, honorary doctorate of JRCCN
12th May,2014: “Nursing education in Switzerland and La Source”
by Dr. Jacques Chapuis, Director of the Nursing School La Source
16th May,2013:
“ Hospitalized older adults: Transitional Care from Hospital to home”
by Dr. Spreeda Monkong, Mahidol University
“The aging population in Sweden-Health, morbidity and disability”
by Dr. Eva von Strauss, Associate professor of health care Science,
Director of Red Cross Hospital and Elderly care in Sweden
To promote Other international exchange activities as well as international programs, and cooperative activities
22nd April,2015:
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The Kingdom of Thailand has visited our college.
As for cooperative activities, our faculties cooperate with a project of the Japanese Red Cross Society, Supporting the restoration of Typhoon affected areas in the Philippines.
To promote other international
H.E.L.P. in Tokyo 2023will be held during following dates:
September 9, 2023 – September 15,2023 (except 9th and 10th)
What is H.E.L.P. Course？
Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.) course is a two-week course on humanitarian assistance during disasters, armed conflicts and other complex crisis. It was created in 1986 by the International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC), in partnership with
The World Health Organization(WHO) and the University of Geneva, to professionalize the delivery of humanitarian assistance during emergencies, and to promote professional ethics and humanitarian principles.
The course seeks to develop the knowledge, the skills and ethical standards for humanitarian work, and to fostering collaboration between the academic and humanitarian spheres.
The course in Japan will be jointly organized by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Japanese Red Cross Society (JRRS) and Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing (JRCCN).
For program details, registration fee and allocation, please clickhere.